In our Thursday's market slot we look at Standard Bank's inaugural Inclusive Excecellence Awards. This is the bank's  Business & Commercial Banking - BCB initiative, aimed at recognising South African Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) led by entrepreneurs with disabilities. The awards which took place last week, form part of BCB's Enterprise and Supplier Development - ESD efforts aimed at advancing inclusive entrepreneurship and supporting sustainable, majority black owned businesses to start, manage and grow. A total of over 23- thousand dollars in prize money is shared among the winners. For more on this, Lesiba Matladi is Senior Manager for Enterprise and Supplier Development at the Bank's BCB division in South Africa

In our Thursday's market slot we look at Standard Bank's inaugural Inclusive Excecellence Awards. This is the bank's &nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Banking - BCB initiative, aimed at recognising South African Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) led by entrepreneurs with disabilities. The awards which took place last week, form part of BCB's Enterprise and Supplier Development - ESD efforts aimed at advancing inclusive entrepreneurship and supporting sustainable, majority black owned businesses to start, manage and grow. A total of over 23- thousand dollars in prize money is shared among the winners. For more on this, Lesiba Matladi is Senior Manager for Enterprise and Supplier Development at the Bank's BCB division in South Africa

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China has removed tariffs for all African countries, with the exception of Eswatini, which continues to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

The Zero-tariff access to the Chinese market officially comes into effect today, offering South African firms a potentially significant new export opportunity and a gateway to expanded trade. But key questions remain about the real impact - to what extent will China's zero-tariff policy benefit South Africa's economy, and is it enough to justify current expectations?

Channel Africa's economics reporter, Innocent Semosa, has more.

China has removed tariffs for all African countries, with the exception of Eswatini, which continues to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
The Zero-tariff access to the Chinese market officially comes into effect today, offering South African firms a potentially significant new export opportunity and a gateway to expanded trade. But key questions remain about the real impact - to what extent will China's zero-tariff policy benefit South Africa's economy, and is it enough to justify current expectations?
Channel Africa's economics reporter, Innocent Semosa, has more.

China grants Africa zero-tariff access to all Africa countries

Joining Thami Ngubeni this Friday to take a look at the top business and economic stories making headlines across the African continent, on the Business Round?Up is Victor Kgomoeswana, author of Africa Is Open for Business and Africa Bounces Back, and Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo.

Talking Points:

-South Africa's first zero tariff export of apples to China marks a symbolic shift toward deeper China / Africa trade integration, potentially opening the door for more competitive African agricultural exports into one of the world's largest consumer markets,
-Botswana's rate hike to 5.5%, the first in Africa since the Iran war signals how sharply the global energy shock is feeding into domestic inflation, forcing early and aggressive monetary tightening,
-Glencore's outlook underscores that cobalt supply from the Democratic Republic of Congo is now tightly managed through quotas, raising uncertainty over whether price stability or further volatility will define the market through 2026,
-KoBold Metals has begun building a $2.3 billion copper mine in Zambia, aiming to fast-track production to meet rising global demand for critical minerals despite technical and cost challenges.

Joining Thami Ngubeni this Friday to take a look at the top business and economic stories making headlines across the African continent, on the Business Round?Up is Victor Kgomoeswana, author of Africa Is Open for Business and Africa Bounces Back, and Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo.
Talking Points:
-South Africa's first zero tariff export of apples to China marks a symbolic shift toward deeper China / Africa trade integration, potentially opening the door for more competitive African agricultural exports into one of the world's largest consumer markets, -Botswana's rate hike to 5.5%, the first in Africa since the Iran war signals how sharply the global energy shock is feeding into domestic inflation, forcing early and aggressive monetary tightening, -Glencore's outlook underscores that cobalt supply from the Democratic Republic of Congo is now tightly managed through quotas, raising uncertainty over whether price stability or further volatility will define the market through 2026, -KoBold Metals has begun building a $2.3 billion copper mine in Zambia, aiming to fast-track production to meet rising global demand for critical minerals despite technical and cost challenges.

Africa Business Round Up with Victor Kgomoeswana, author of Africa Is Open for Business and Africa Bounces Back

According to new analysis by The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Oxfam, there is a widening gap between boardroom pay and worker earnings with new data revealing sharp inequalities across the global economy.

The assessment covered the top-paying 1,500 corporations across 33 countries which have reported CEO pay for 2025, revealing that CEO's at the world's largest companies saw their pay rise sharply last year, while most workers experienced little to no real wage growth. The findings emphasise  how corporate profits and productivity gains are increasingly concentrated at the top.

Joining us now to unpack this is Daniel Kostzer is a Chief Economist at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

According to new analysis by The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Oxfam, there is a widening gap between boardroom pay and worker earnings with new data revealing sharp inequalities across the global economy.
The assessment covered the top-paying 1,500 corporations across 33 countries which have reported CEO pay for 2025, revealing that CEO's at the world's largest companies saw their pay rise sharply last year, while most workers experienced little to no real wage growth. The findings emphasise &nbsp;how corporate profits and productivity gains are increasingly concentrated at the top.
Joining us now to unpack this is Daniel Kostzer is a Chief Economist at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

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